Apple Approves Google iPhone App

After rejecting a Google application for the iPhone, Apple Incorporation has finally approved of it. According to an Apple spokeswoman the application “was resubmitted, reviewed and approved and joins the more than 300,000 apps in the app. store.” The new Google application is called Google Voice and is currently available to download.

The application Google Voice allows to deviate calls made to the different phone numbers such as “home landlines, office and cell phones” to only one phone. However the Federal Communications Commission had in inquiry about this and asked Apple and AT&T Inc. whether AT&T had something to do with this decision, but it didn’t. The Federal Communications Commission was concerned on how Google’s application was to put its brand on the Apple device.

“Google and Apple are increasingly competing in many areas, from Web browsers to operating software for mobile devices and computers to mobile-device advertising.” However, both companies are somehow cooperating to each other. Mr. Schmidt, an Apple representative said the company recently renewed a deal in order to make Google the default Web search engine on its products.

The fact these two competitive companies are somehow cooperating to each other is somehow unexpected. However, I believe they both are aware that they are two very powerful companies and will probably be the ones leading the market soon, if aren’t already. Why do you think these companies are establishing ‘joints’ between them? Do you think they will merge at some time?